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[Monica Yokubinas]

I guess the owl as a nocturnal bird could be linked to a sleep-inducing herb without the need of a direct linguistic link in the name. The problem is that we don't know yet whether to expect a mnemonic to be linguistic, or rather functional/conceptual. And with these leaves, they could certainly be based on a natural form.

Therefore I think it would be best to focus on the heads, since they are among the most obvious non-botanical elements of all the plants.

To me they don't look sleepy at all, with their wide open eyes. Especially the one on the left looks rather surprised or agitated, with some white of the eye visible above the iris.



The one on the right does look more relaxed. Maybe it's a before and after shot

Here is a sleepy root picture from the 1530's herbal book. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.